Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. announced the appointment of Mr. Alfredo Sillau to the Board of Directors of the company. Mr. Sillau is Managing Partner, CEO and Director of Faro Capital. Previously, Alfredo headed the business development in Peru for Compass Group until late 2011. As CEO of Compass, Mr. Sillau actively took part in the structuring, promoting and management of investment funds with approximately USD 500 million in assets under management. Mr. Ganoza also announced that the company has promoted Mr. Eric Chapman, Corporate Head of Technical Services of Fortuna, to the new position of Vice President of Technical Services effective January 1, 2017. Mr. Chapman is a resource geologist with 15 years' experience in the mining industry who has provided technical guidance to Fortuna since 2011. Prior to joining the company, Eric was a Senior Consultant to Snowden Mining Industry Consultants working on a variety of mine and exploration projects in Africa and the Americas.